Strobes for PT-EP10?

[MudMinnow]

Hello everyone,
I am a casual photographer and am mostly in freshwater rivers and lakes. I have used a little Oly point and shoot for several years, but I have an Oly Pen E-pl5 that I want to get it in the water. I am going for the pt ep10 housing and would like to get a strobe or two, but I would like to try to save a bit of money (I am currently a graduate student in biology) and go with a second hand strobe setup. I am a bit confused by all of the terminology related to sync/fiber optic/TTL cords, and what connections the Oly housing is ACTUALLY compatible with (other than the UFL1/2 strobe).
I am wondering if anyone has any recommendations for using an older model strobe with the Oly housing (if it is possible)? Or would it be better if I just save up to get something like a S&S YS-01?

Note: I am sticking with my E-PL5 for many years to come.

 

[chris196]

I have used an Inon D2000 for many years first with a fixed lens camera and then with oly epl2 and now epl7.
Inon's work well with the olympus. The S2000 is very compact.

I know nothing of the YS-01. I'm sure it would be fine, but the Inons are definitely a proven route with the olympus cameras.

 

[Furnari]

I used a YS-01 and YS-02 on my old Oly E-PL2, which is a more primitive version of your camera. Both were fine, and I kept the strobes when I upgraded to my E-M1. If I had it to do over again I would have gone cheap and picked up a second 02 instead of the 01 as I strictly shoot the strobes in manual (the 01 is capable of TTL, and the 02 is not). TTL takes a little more camera battery, and shooting manual isn't too difficult. Both strobes fire off a fiber optic cable that mounts onto the Oly housings. One of the experts can chime in if I'm incorrect, but I think pretty much any strobe that can be triggered fiber optically will work with your camera as it doesn't have a pre-flash. The Olympus strobes have an RC function which is supposed to provide better TTL results, but for the power and price the 01 and 02 strobes are hard to beat.

 

[timz]

Hello everyone,
I am a casual photographer and am mostly in freshwater rivers and lakes. I have used a little Oly point and shoot for several years, but I have an Oly Pen E-pl5 that I want to get it in the water. I am going for the pt ep10 housing and would like to get a strobe or two, but I would like to try to save a bit of money (I am currently a graduate student in biology) and go with a second hand strobe setup. I am a bit confused by all of the terminology related to sync/fiber optic/TTL cords, and what connections the Oly housing is ACTUALLY compatible with (other than the UFL1/2 strobe).
I am wondering if anyone has any recommendations for using an older model strobe with the Oly housing (if it is possible)? Or would it be better if I just save up to get something like a S&S YS-01?

Note: I am sticking with my E-PL5 for many years to come.

TTL means through the lens evaluation. Meaning the strobe will fire a quick preflash and to calculate the amount of light required to light up the subject. Then fire the actual flash during the shot.

I have used an Inon D2000 for many years first with a fixed lens camera and then with oly epl2 and now epl7.
Inon's work well with the olympus. The S2000 is very compact.

I know nothing of the YS-01. I'm sure it would be fine, but the Inons are definitely a proven route with the olympus cameras.

S&S is the OEM for Olympus Strobe.

 

[MudMinnow]

Thank you for the responses!